Voice of the DBA

A series of episodes that look at databases and the world from a data professional's viewpoint. Written and recorded by Steve Jones, editor of SQLServerCentral and The Voice of the DBA.

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  Episode #81

  An Eventual Consistency Scam

  Aug 20, 20265 minS12

  Recently I sold a car. It was an interesting process as I hadn't sold a car to someone I didn't know in a long time. I listed the car in a few places and was surprised by the interest. It was an EV (I guess it still is), and with the rising price of fuel in the US, maybe I shouldn't have been surprised. I arranged a couple of showings, but I had quite a few people offer to buy the car after only seeing a few pictures, asking if I'd take a check. Some of you might be wary at this point, and I was. However, my wife had gotten similar offers from a few people when she was selling a horse. She never did, but we talked about where the scam is if someone sends a check and says they'll wait for the funds to clear. Read the rest of An Eventual Consistency Scam

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  Episode #80

  Never is Not the Policy

  Aug 18, 20264 minS12

  Years ago I worked with a few developers and DBAs that were temp-table happy. As in they defaulted to using temp tables everywhere. This was in SQL Server 6.5, and tempdb was an issue with contention, sizing, and performance. I rewrote so many queries to remove temp tables for our clients that I banned them. I told other developers they could never use temp tables in their SQL code. They, of course, would try to submit code with temp tables in our VCS (Visual SourceSafe at the time), but an early, pre-automated CI/CD would notify me and I'd have the developer rewrite their code. There were situations that didn't perform well with a single query, and we did allow some temp tables. The point wasn't the ban them entirely, but stop them from being a crutch for developers or a first choice. I wanted them to think about the problem first and try to solve it with SQL. If performance was an issue, then we'd look at a temp table. Read the rest of Never is Not the Policy

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  Episode #79

  A Worse Computer; A Better Car

  Aug 13, 20263 minS12

  A few weeks ago, my wife and I purchased a Lucid Gravity for our second EV. We've owned a Tesla for almost five years, and it has been an amazing car. However, we decided that we spend a lot of time driving, and we wanted something a little more luxurious. The Tesla has a bit of a stiff ride, and it's not quite as lush a car as some others EVs that have come out since we bought our Model Y. After trying a few different brands, we were excited by the Lucid and decided to get one. Like the Tesla Model Y, this is really a computer on wheels. A lot of software and screens drive the vehicle, though it's not quite as minimalist as a Tesla vehicle. There are physical buttons and controls in various places, and more than one screen. Some things work better, and I like that. Read the rest of A Worse Computer; A Better Car

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  Episode #78

  Building Great Software

  Aug 11, 20263 minS12

  Most of us will work on software for our organization, and we might not want to or care about the end result being great. We do want it to work, and we want clients to find it useful. If we have external customers using our systems, maybe we want it to be great. In most of my experience, people are often proud of their work, sometimes ashamed, but not many people spend a lot of time making their corporate applications great. Often because we don't have (or aren't allowed) the time to do so. Read the rest of Building Great Software

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  Episode #77

  Imagine the Physical World

  Aug 9, 20263 minS12

  Brent Ozar has a series of database animations posts , where he tries to explain what work is done by SQL Server during certain operations, such as Index Seeks and Page Splits . These show how the engine might need to read or update various pages as it tries to perform operations. Both experienced and novice SQL Server people might think that these are interesting, but not that useful. I think they're great. Read the rest of Imagine the Physical World

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